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Principal Product Manager - Format Foundations

Spotify· Format Foundations / Core Experience
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Hybrid (Stockholm/London)PermanentPosted 1w ago

About the role

Lead the consumer experience across Spotify’s formats (books, podcasts, and music) by setting vision, strategy, and building cross-format capabilities. Partner with format business teams to drive growth and craft end-to-end experiences from discovery to retention.

Responsibilities

  • Lead product vision and strategy across Spotify’s formats, shaping how books, podcasts, and music become more engaging, lovable, and valuable for users, creators, and the business.
  • Define and evolve the user experience across the content journey—from discovery and evaluation through engagement, library management, and retention.
  • Partner closely with business leaders across books, podcasts, and music to translate business strategy into product innovation that drives growth.
  • Drive innovation across multimodal and cross-format experiences, such as the intersection of listening and reading, and build capabilities that can scale from one format to others.
  • Work closely with engineering, design, data, and cross-functional partners to deliver high-quality experiences.
  • Use data, experimentation, and user insights to inform decisions and continuously improve the experience.
  • Align senior stakeholders across Core Experience, the business teams, and Personalization to create a cohesive consumer experience.
  • Lead multiple cross-functional initiatives end to end, owning scope and alignment and partnering with engineering on delivery.
  • Mentor product managers and raise the bar for product craft across the team.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in product management and have led product work across several consumer media products at scale in large technology companies.
  • Deep knowledge of the consumer media landscape across areas such as books, podcasts, or music, including competitive dynamics, creator and publisher ecosystems, and user behavior.
  • Experience building for mobile platforms such as iOS and Android, including complex user interfaces.
  • Understanding of how to build scalable systems and experiences that enable teams to move faster.
  • Ability to balance user experience, technical constraints, and business impact.
  • Commitment to creating intuitive, high-quality consumer experiences.
  • Experience working closely with engineering, design, and data partners to bring products to life.
  • Comfort navigating ambiguity and bringing clarity across teams and organizations.
  • Experience influencing senior leaders and stakeholders across functions to drive alignment and outcomes.
  • Active use of AI tools in product development workflow, from research and analysis to iteration and prototyping.

Skills

Required:Product managementCross-functional leadershipMobile product developmentData-informed decision makingAI tools in product workflow
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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